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19 February 2021

Notify mangroves as reserved forest: Maharashtra mangroves cell to JNPT
Andhra Pradesh govt to give Uddanam water supply a Rs 700 crore makeover
In Himachal, panel to restore and protect water bodies
Floriculture farmers suffer Rs 100-crore loss due to Covid-19 lockdown
Coimbatore: Groundwater table rises across district
Bridge over Brahmaputra river to reduce distance between Dhubri, Phulbari by 203 km: Gadkari
Decade later, river revival of Vishwamitri only on paper
Panel head ‘linking’ Char Dham project to floods baseless: Govt
Chennai: Eco-restoration of Adyar in full swing
Uttarakhand flash flood: Death toll increases to 61

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February 28, 2021
Fluoride and nitrate - a health problem in Anantapur
High fluoride and nitrate cause dental, skeletal fluorosis and methemoglobinemia in infants and stomach cancer in adults
Non carcinogenic risks for adults are more prone to risk greater than those children and infants in the study area (Image: India Water Portal)
February 28, 2021
Digital tool to monitor groundwater
Women in Rajasthan use a groundwater monitoring tool to record water levels and promote water literacy
Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)
February 24, 2021
Baravas - Unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra
Baravas, the unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra continue to stand the test of time. Urgent efforts need to be made to conserve them and learn from them!
A barav from Limb village in Satara district, Maharashtra (Image Source: Aarti Kelkar Khambete)
February 24, 2021
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Need to remove arsenic from the food chain and not just drinking water in endemic areas
Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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